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enMeet Mimi Chapman, A Social Work Professor Using Art To Enhance Empathyhttp://wunc.org/post/meet-mimi-chapman-social-work-professor-using-art-enhance-empathy
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The power of art is not lost on <a href="https://ssw.unc.edu/about/faculty/chapman">Mimi Chapman</a>. She is a professor at the <a href="https://ssw.unc.edu/">UNC School of Social Work</a> who believes that art can have a profound impact on people’s ability to empathize. She also studies how art can help illuminate conscious and unconscious biases and affect how people treat one another. </span></p>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 15:03:07 +0000Anita Rao & Frank Stasio56293 at http://wunc.orgMeet Mimi Chapman, A Social Work Professor Using Art To Enhance EmpathyThe Land Of No Thingshttp://wunc.org/post/land-no-things
<p>For some artists, making art is about creating something distinct from everything else that came before it. But in a new exhibit on view at&nbsp;<a href="http://ackland.org/">The&nbsp;</a><a href="http://ackland.org/">Ackland</a><a href="http://ackland.org/">&nbsp;Art Museum</a>, 11 artists explore the flip side of that artistic impulse. Their work raises questions about the value of creating new objects and explores the ethical and environmental implications of this work.</p>Wed, 13 May 2015 16:34:27 +0000Anita Rao & Frank Stasio55074 at http://wunc.orgThe Land Of No ThingsThe Opposite Of Twitterhttp://wunc.org/post/opposite-twitter
<p>Media consumers now have more information at their fingertips than ever before, and there is far more news available than any one person could possibly absorb. Writers and journalists are pushed to communicate more succinctly and shorten stories in order to pique readers’ attention.</p><p>But a group of artists are trying to buck this trend with an online venue that encourages writers to do exactly the opposite. <a href="http://atlengthmag.com/">At Length</a> is a forum for long-form, in-depth writing, art, music and photography.</p>Fri, 01 May 2015 16:00:00 +0000Frank Stasio & Anita Rao54398 at http://wunc.orgThe Opposite Of TwitterFamily Secrets Explored Through Stories, Images And Soundhttp://wunc.org/post/family-secrets-explored-through-stories-images-and-sound
<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;">Every place holds stories—of people who lived there, died there, or passed through at some point in their life.&nbsp;</span></p>Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:55:37 +0000Anita Rao & Frank Stasio52412 at http://wunc.orgFamily Secrets Explored Through Stories, Images And SoundAn Ever-Evolving Cityhttp://wunc.org/post/ever-evolving-city
<p></p><p><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">The economy can have a major influence on the history of a city. </span></p>Thu, 26 Feb 2015 17:01:24 +0000Hady Mawajdeh & Frank Stasio50817 at http://wunc.orgAn Ever-Evolving CityCapturing The Whole Picturehttp://wunc.org/post/capturing-whole-picture
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 19.9733333587647px;">Filmmaker <a href="http://www.daylightfactory.com/">James Longley</a> is known for his portrayals people in politically volatile countries in the Middle East.&nbsp;</span></p><p></p>Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:09:24 +0000Hady Mawajdeh & Frank Stasio50407 at http://wunc.orgCapturing The Whole PictureSacred Spaces: Anne Spencer's Southern Sanctuary In The Harlem Renaissancehttp://wunc.org/post/sacred-spaces-anne-spencers-southern-sanctuary-harlem-renaissance
<p><a href="http://www.annespencermuseum.com/"><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.66px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.annespencermuseum.com/"><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.66px;">Anne Spencer's Lynchburg, Virginia house</span></a><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.66px;"> was a sanctuary for African-American artists, writers and intellectuals during the Harlem Renaissance.&nbsp;</span></p><p>Thu, 05 Feb 2015 17:18:49 +0000Will Michaels & Frank Stasio49691 at http://wunc.orgSacred Spaces: Anne Spencer's Southern Sanctuary In The Harlem RenaissanceRitual And Time Travelhttp://wunc.org/post/ritual-and-time-travel
<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 19.9733333587647px;">Husband and wife artist team <a href="http://mplattstudio.com/home.html">Michael Platt</a> and <a href="http://www.tokesplace.com/carol-beane%E2%80%99s-creative-process.html">Carol Beane</a> co-create work that explores rites, rituals and the lives of people living on the margins of history.</span></p><p>Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:56:21 +0000Anita Rao & Frank Stasio49294 at http://wunc.orgRitual And Time TravelLooking At Appalachiahttp://wunc.org/post/looking-appalachia
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;">Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared war on poverty. The <a href="http://life.time.com/history/war-on-poverty-appalachia-portraits-1964/#1">images of the Appalachia region from that period</a> created stereotypes of its people and land for the rest of the country.</span>Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:57:31 +0000Frank Stasio & Laura Lee & Jess Clark48919 at http://wunc.orgLooking At AppalachiaWho Is This Mystery Blue Devil? We Thought We Knew. We Don'thttp://wunc.org/post/who-mystery-blue-devil-we-thought-we-knew-we-dont
<p><strong>Update January 7, 2015:</strong></p><p>In the summer of 2014, we heard about a vintage photo that was found tucked away in one of the books at the Chapel Hill Public Library. No one knew how long the picture had been there, but the photo caught our imagination. Who was this Duke Blue Devil?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>For a time, the mystery appeared to be solved.&nbsp; The son of a Duke alum, Donald Brandon, wrote to say, "It looks like Bill Werber."</p>Wed, 07 Jan 2015 22:00:00 +0000Carol Jackson39012 at http://wunc.orgWho Is This Mystery Blue Devil? We Thought We Knew. We Don't